In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ a play set in Salem Massachusetts‚ preserving one’s reputation is a prevalent theme shown in many of the characters. Having a good name in the village is everything to the people of Salem; it was how others perceived you and thought of you. Three characters in particular that share this trait are Reverend Parris‚ Judge Danforth and John Proctor. Rev. Parris is the religious figure in Salem. He is the head of the church and is a very important person as the peoples’
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Ryan Hermes Mr. Kadwell Advanced English 11 January 2nd‚ 2016 Exploitation of the Trials The Crucible‚ taking place in the highly theocratic Salem‚ Massachusetts during the late 1600’s‚ starts off with the local Reverend Parris discovering several girls from the colony dancing in the woods. His arrival causes fright amongst the girls‚ panicking them. One girl‚ Parris’s daughter Betty‚ takes ill becoming unresponsive to any efforts to wake her up. The colonists believe the girl’s illness is
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has cause them to immorally deal with them‚ as depicted in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The Crucible is a play about a dispute over the witch trials in Salem‚ Massachusetts of 1692 as one girl tries to destroy her love’s wife as she accuses everyone who tries to get in her way for witchcraft. Furthermore‚ Hale’s analysis about men’s perception of evil which causes them to do evil themselves is true as shown in The Crucible because of
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There is no such thing as the truth‚ people lie and others continue to believe them. Except one‚ John Proctor from the beginning of the play is on the side of justice‚ and finding the truth. From the beginning of the play he questions the idea of witchcraft‚ and believes that it is just another act from Abigail Williams. An example of how Proctor is always on the side of truth is when he is in court and he confesses to having an affair with Abigail Williams. "A man may think God sleeps‚ but God sees
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In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ many people are accused wrongly of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Whether it may be fear‚ anxiety‚ or even greed‚ these characters lie and accuse others of witchcraft. The characters: Tituba‚ Abigail‚ and Goody Putnam display each of those motives when accusing others of witchery. Characters are motivated differently to falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft Tituba accuses a few women of witchery because of the fear from being executed. Her fear
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In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ guilt contributed to many of the important turning points in all the four acts. One of the main characters felt guilt throughout the play and this is‚ John Proctor; where the affair that he had with Abigail Williams behind his wife’s back completely destroyed him on the inside and out. Guilt and its role in the play somewhat controlled that characters and how they treated the other characters. The affair that Proctor was apart of was a crime that he could no longer
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In The Crucible by Arthur Miller‚ Abigail and the girls participate in what seemed to be like harmless deception about their doings which turns into lies which even they could not get our of and in the end ended up hurting themselves. Abigail and the girls use deception to keep them safe from punishment. This is seen very clearly at the beginning after Abigail drank the blood or as the girls called it “a charm” to kill John Proctors wife. This plays into the girls when Abigail threatens with violence
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Lying is a natural part of human nature that many people unfortunately succumb to on a regular basis. Whether it is to lay‚ The Crucible‚ something miller depicts several characters lying to protect themselves or to protect someone else‚ people will lie to do what they feel is right in order to protect their relationships and save others’ lives. In the beginning of the play‚ John Proctor sits down and eats with his wife discussing the current events in Salem. When Elizabeth hints at John having
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In the Crucible‚ John Proctor demonstrates that ambition will not corrupt even the most benevolent and reliant. John was ambitious to get his wife Elizabeth Proctor out of jail and for Abigail Williams to have justice for her crimes. Abigail was responsible for multiple deaths in salem all because she wanted John and had to disguise one lie after another to succeed. She did not vanquish‚ and after every lie she told more innocent people were accused and hanged. It all started with Abigail and
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some cases people have lost their lives. A crime of passion occurs when a person acts on impulse to commit a crime against someone. They are not always premeditated‚ and are certainly not justified. In this paper‚ we have studied two significant love triangles‚ in which infidelity became lethal. These criminals are Harmohinder “Mindy” Sanghera‚ and Amy Fisher. 23 year old Sikh‚ Mindy Sanghera‚ was described to be
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